Various 19th Century U S and Canadian Intellectual Observations
A collage of editorials and notes touching patent limits in bicycles population growth in Argentina urban renewals in London school geography praising Chicago influence of Congress critique by Bishop Bowman typewriter advantages Biltmore estate Vanderbilt roads and wheelpaths Midwestern and Canadian charitable gifts and corporate wage shifts Atlantic Monthly views on Nordic immigration and the steadying American Puritan influence bread history Geneseo flour milling and the Bran Bread controversy tied to Sylvester Graham noted as a pivotal but derided reformer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Monthly
New York
Geneseo
Poem Excerpt by Emma Huntington Nason at Sea
A fragment of verse recalls sailors going to sea with hopeful lines about setting sails into the unknown and facing the tides. The piece blends imagery of deck lights and memories, ending with a reflection on hearts remaining true despite separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Huntington Nason
Love and Voice Bring Bachelor to a Family Home
Chauncey Ward a bachelor businessman falls for a telephonist known as Number Five Lester whose sweet voice aids his business and comforts him through illness. He later learns she is shy but devoted, and he helps her family, marries her, and makes Five the symbol of his new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauncey Ward
Katy Deane
Nellie Keene
Susie Hunt
Tom
Chauncey Ward
L. D. Ward & Company
Mr. Ward
Smith
Ward
Moreen
Chirley
Aghorn
Mother Hubbard
Lester
Miss
Mrs
Mrs. Lester
Channey Ward
New York
Misa
Ehe
Carrol Atroot
Secarec
Missi —Mia
Miss Lester
Aho
Eho
Fraudulent Painted Eggs Sold as Rare Paroquois Nests
A report notes a deception in which a person painted turtle eggs and sold them as the Carolina paroquois origin, earning 310 apiose. The hand painted eggs misled researchers and echoed in ornithological circles as a fraud.
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Nn Ornithological Journal
Ogen
Carolina Paroquois
Bur
Largest Northwest pine logged in Wisconsin county
A giant pine measured seven feet two inches at the base and yielded sixteen logs totaling over 8500 feet of lumber in Oconto County Wisconsin. Despite the timber being valuable, it brought only 380.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocouto County
Wisconsin
Insects Trouble Roses and Fowl Standards Highlight Garden Tips
The piece urges vigilance against pests on rose bushes with powders from drug stores and Dalmatian powders. It praises Buff Plymouth Rocks for early laying, color, and market appeal, and discusses garden management, bean varieties, pole choices, and feeding young pigs with practical, early-season advice.
Practical Forest and Poultry Advice from The Forester
The piece covers selective tree cutting to reduce fire risk and promote coppice health for oak and chestnut, noting proper stump height and clean cuts. It discusses salt and wood ashes for orchard soil, poultry care, and poultry feed. It warns against overmating incubators and stresses proper moisture and ventilation for healthy hatchings.
Fragmented Quotes On Memory Morals And Persistence
A collage of aphorisms and misquotes from various authors and periods. Notable lines touch memory hearts and reason, proverbs, authority, weather, love, Shakespeare, Goethe, and other figures. The passage ends with a Cleveland Ohio undertaker introducing the horseless horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland (Ohio
A Famous Gubernatorial Nominee’s Narrow Arrest
The Chicago Record recounts Republican nominee John R. Tanner’s escape from Missouri backwoods police after a Clay County murder. Sheriff Walton Finch tracked Tanner through Kansas and Bates County, Missouri, capturing him at his log cabin at night. Tanner’s trial ended with manslaughter verdict, then acquittal on a retrial, launching his political rise in Illinois.
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Orn
Tanner
Illinoio
Missouri
Chicago
Clay County
Ilinois
Tom Erskine
Erskine
Walton H. Finch
Illinois
Finch
Kansas
Bates County
S Corntable
John Tanner
Mrs. Tanner
John R. Tanner
Tollinois
Clay
County
Madre
Taonner
Daily Republican of
Ottawa
Kes
Thrilling Railroad Rescue by Telegraph Operator
A railroad telegraph operator saved the limited by signaling at the tower. A misread order allowed a freight to start late, but the operator threw his ink bottle and waved a red flag to stop the engine just in time, drawing the engineer’s attention before disaster.
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Limited
Jones
Scobign
Bald eagle captured near Paterson by club house caretaker
Garret Van Dien of Ocean Park Association at Cedar Pond captured a bald eagle after protecting his seven year old daughter from its attack. The bird with a broken left wing fought him but he restrained it and secured the captive at the club house stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shriner
New Jersey Fish and Game Commission
Garret van Dien
Ocean Park Association
Cedar Pond
Paterson
New York Sun
van Dien
Hin
von Dion
Seaman Survives Fall From Ladder Aboard HMS Edinburgh
A seaman on HMS Edinburgh fell from a ladder on the bow as the ship approached Portsmouth harbor in a ten knot voyage. He was unhurt after being sucked under the keel and resurfacing in the ship’s wake several lengths astern.
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H. M.S. Edinburgh
Portamouth
Remarkable Wills File For Probate Shortest Ever
Two very remarkable wills have just been filed at the Surrogate office, the shortest ever offered for probate in this city. One contains thirteen words, the other on a physician prescription. Comparisons note England's Lewes 1878 sentence and Louisiana's heiress line. Wills appear on scraps of brown paper and even a book blank page, and one case a will on a door.
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England
Lewes Probate
Louisiana
Sophie Loper
New York Advertiser
The Bocrobonder Temple Among Java’s Ancient Giants
A Javanese temple, Bocrobonder, ranks among Java’s largest ancient structures. Built on massive mounds and terraces, it features round stone passages and heavy sculptural walls, some indecent in subject. The 1200 year old Mohammedan monument is linked to Indian and Ceylonese immigration. stone statues adorn corners and pinnacles.
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Bocrobonder
Java
India
Ceylon
Westminator Review
Elastic Nose Man Astonishes New York Paper
Gottlieb McAdoo, once a footman for the Duke of Leith, is said to possess an elastic nose that he can extend four and three quarters inches with his fingers. It snaps back when released, and he uses it only while deep in thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb McAdoo
Duke of Leith
McaAdoo
New York Mail and Express
Gypsy Fortune Told By Clinton Scollard
A fragmentary poem where a couple consults a gypsy sibyl for fortunes. Lines describe a maid’s prediction of love and hope, with imagery of stars, spring, and a playful reveal by Sylvia, ending with a sly boast about the gypsy’s words.
Humor of the Day Compilation from Classic Papers
A collection of short comic quips and jokes drawn from Chicago Record Indianapolis Journal Philadelphia North American and other papers. The snippets feature witty exchanges about wealth rides politics cart wires and everyday absurdities.
Color blind men and an artist at heart
A reader notes color blindness does not ruin harmony judgment in art and dress. He recalls examples of color perception limits yet highlights how a person can still select fine pictures and pleasing color schemes despite defects. The Duke of Athol is listed with many titles and lands, while a syndicate buys forty thousand acres of forest in Northern Idaho.
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Deudness
New York Herald
Idaho
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Argentine Republic
London
Bowman
Congress
The
Methodist Church
Cleveland
Brethren
Charles Dudley Warner
Biltmore
North Carolina
George Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Harper's Weekly
H.A. Massey
Toronto
Canada
American University
Washington
Saya
Lewiston
Atlanta Constitution
New England
Georgia
Alabama
Southern
South
J. W. Miller
New York Naval Militia
America
New York Observer
Number Five
Plymouth
Plymouth Rocks
New York Independent
Chorrind Woop
New Jersey
Mme. Necker
Lowell
Disraeli
Bacon
Hare
William Penn
Ruskis
Carlyle
Southard
Joubert
Mmoe
Sbe
Evan
Pitteburg Commercial Gazette
Eagie
Baller
Sylvia
Peor
Binah
Bylvia
Clinton Scollard
Adama Freeman
Geo
Indianapolis Journal
Canlife
Roarer
Philadelphia
Thia
Teupposaho
Cincinnati Enquirer
Shorison
Shyson
Roxbury Gazette
Hopkins
Summerville Journal
Garma
Harper's Bazar
Tommie Timkins
Tommy
Loschaalle
Duke of
Athol
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